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'THE WORLD AWAITS' - SATURDAY FEATURE PART I
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
Ever since Golden Boy Promotions announced the super fight between six-division champion Oscar De La Hoya and undefeated, four-division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr for De La Hoya’s junior middleweight title everybody has been Read Full Story >>>WAKEE: DIAZ HAS TO FALL IN LINE FOR THE PACMAN
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
CEBU -- Pacquiao's trusted adviser, Wakee Salud, who had just sent off the Pacman to the airport on the way back to General Santos, has advised the new WBO/WBA lighweight world champ Juan Diaz to take a spot and fall in line for Read Full Story >>> HBO’s Kellerman Suggests Manny Pacquiao for Juan Diaz
Easy Fight for Diaz and Arum Unlikely to Sacrifice Newest Asset
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
During the post-fight interview with Juan “The Baby Bull” Diaz this Saturday night, HBO analyst Max Kellermen asked the young Houston boxer how interested he would be in fighting junior lightweight fireplug Manny Pacquiao.
Diaz’s eyes light up and said a fight with the Filipino Read Full Story >>> How De La Hoya and Arum cooked a Golden goose
As partners they made each other rich, but as rival promoters their bitter feud may be hurting the fight game
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
Oscar De La Hoya was once so happy with fight promoter Bob Arum that the young boxer presented him with his prized Olympic gold medal during Arum's 65th birthday celebration at a Reno hotel ballroom. Th Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER: THE ROAD TO MAY 5TH
By Charles Presnell, BoxingTalk.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
With ?The biggest fight in recent boxing history,? right around the corner there is a lot of speculation about the future of both the winner and the loser of this fight. Surely Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather will be a PPV success and generate millions in revenue. No one can argue that Maywe Read Full Story >>> A Victory Over Oscar De La Hoya Does Not Make Floyd Mayweather Legendary
By Jason Jackson, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
The word ?retirement? doesn't carry the same weight as it did back in the day, especially in the sports world. Michael Jordan, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roger Clemens, and others have had more returns than Jason from the Friday the 13th. Floyd Maywether has flirted with the thought of retirement after his Read Full Story >>> Father, son have history with De La Hoya, Mayweather
By David Mayo, mlive.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
In some ways, a Michigan family with unique ties to Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather would just as soon forget them.
Mike Grable went the distance with De La Hoya in a 1993 lightweight fight, the first to do so as a pro. But it was a hard eight-round journey.
"Do you know what that's li Read Full Story >>> New trainer not reinventing De La Hoya
By David Mayo, mlive.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
If the name Freddie Roach triggers something deep in the sports memory, you probably were an early ESPN junkie.
Crammed between such sports as Australian Rules Football and professional wrestling, ESPN Top Rank Boxing helped elevate the network -- the promotional company for which the show was n Read Full Story >>> Cinco de Mayo weekend good to De La Hoya
By David Mayo, mlive.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
It has become almost as closely associated with Cinco de Mayo weekend as fun-filled pinatas, colorful sarapes, backyard cookouts and the Mexican flag: Oscar De La Hoya, as featured attraction to end the Saturday celebrations.
A fiesta for De La Hoya and a siesta for the other guy has been the co Read Full Story >>> How De La Hoya and Arum cooked a Golden goose
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
Oscar De La Hoya was once so happy with fight promoter Bob Arum that the young boxer presented him with his prized Olympic gold medal during Arum's 65th birthday celebration at a Reno hotel ballroom. The gesture wowed the crowd.
"It was a stunner, it made the night, and Bob was very emotional," s Read Full Story >>> Stormy Mayweather
By Tim Smith, nab.broadcastnewsroom.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
Floyd Mayweather Jr. stood toe-to-toe with Sugar Ray Leonard. Twenty years ago and in a boxing ring, this would have been one of the greatest matches in boxing history. But on this night two years ago at the annual boxing writers' dinner in Las Vegas with the two men dressed in suits, it was merely Read Full Story >>> Pacman and Salud Differ on Oscar-Floyd Outcome
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
Pacquiao (R) gestures as Wakee listens. Pac made a quick trip to Cebu yesterday.
Filipino ring superstar Manny Pacquiao and his confidant Rex "Wakee" Salud offered contrasting opinions with regards to the outcome of Read Full Story >>> Diaz Wants to Make a Statement Tonight
By Matthew Sanderson, TigerBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
Juan Diaz hopes to make himself the future of the lightweight division as he takes on old master Acelino Freitas in a WBA/WBO unifier on HBO tonight.
It’s an excellent matchup that will hopefully answer questions surrounding both men. Can Diaz, 23, take the power of a top-level operator? D Read Full Story >>> Bobby vows fight of his life
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
Former WBC Continental Americas superfeatherweight champion Bobby Pacquiao said yesterday he will be 100 percent ready to upset highly favored Humberto Soto of Mexico in their 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 9.
Pacquiao said he won’t let his older brother Manny d Read Full Story >>> Bautista, Banal fly to Las Vegas
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
ALA Boys Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista and AJ “Bazooka” Banal will be arriving in Las Vegas on Sunday (Monday RP time) in preparation for their appearance in “The World Awaits” boxing card on May 5 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
The two Filipino ring gladiators Read Full Story >>> Anthem with an attitude
By Editorial, The Manila Times, Sun, 29 Apr 2007
IN the 1960s, the rising singer Berlin Meneses recorded a very stylized and unconventional version of “Silent Night” that caught popular fancy. Meneses’s interpretation was so popular that one could hear it sung any week and any month of the year.
You can monkey with a well-l Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER HAS 50 CENT? BAUTISTA HAS PINO BOYS!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 28 Apr 2007
When Floyd Mayweather Jr. enters the ring for his mammoth bout with Golden Boy Oscar De la Hoya, his close buddy and well-known rapper 50 Cent will walk him down to the ring with a cool $1 Million cash on his hands to bet on the Pretty Boy, said top music website allhiphop.com. The rap mogul will pe Read Full Story >>> GONZALES WINS PABA TITLE IN STUNNING UPSET
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 28 Apr 2007
The Philippines' Nonoy Gonzales who had lost his last eight fights has scored a stunning upset to win the vacant Pan Asia Boxing Association middleweight title by forcing Australian Gavin Topp to retire at the end of the sixth round in a fight card at the Magic Millions Complex in the Gold Coast in Read Full Story >>> BOOM-BOOM DECLARES: I AM READY
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 28 Apr 2007
Bautista (L) with Oscar's brod Joel de la Hoya.
Boholano ring sensation Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista, speaking from Puerto Rico where he is about to wrap up his training, declared that he is ready and superbly Read Full Story >>> SALUD REGRETS HE CANT ACCEPT DE LA HOYA INVITATION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 28 Apr 2007
WBC founding secretary general and eminent lawyer Rudy Salud says he has to ?regrettably decline? the invitation of Oscar De La Hoya to be his guest at special ringside for ?The World Awaits? epic against undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 5.
Salud told Viva Spor Read Full Story >>>
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